HMA turns down BCBS reinstatement offer

HMA has turned down a Blue Cross/Blue Shield proposal to reinstate four of ten hospitals removed from their network earlier this year.

Woman's Hospital in Flowood was one of the four, but hospital CEO Sherry Pitts says the new proposal has restrictions, conditions and pre-certification requirements for patients there were not in the old agreement.

Last month, ten HMA-owned hospitals around the state were removed from the insurance company's network. BCBS said it was in response to those hospitals filing a lawsuit against the insurance company in June. They claimed they were not being paid correctly.

Two vehicles caught fire after a house fire in Ensley. (Source: Greg Long/WBRC)

Birmingham firefighters are working three different fires in Ensley. They were called to a house fire on Bush Boulevard around 3:30 a.m. Monday. Fire officials say that fire happened in the living room and everyone got out safely.

Birmingham firefighters are working three different fires in Ensley. They were called to a house fire on Bush Boulevard around 3:30 a.m. Monday. Fire officials say that fire happened in the living room and everyone got out safely.